I have been struggling with self-harm for a long while now. I am looking forward to recovery as I am starting to see therapist and other professionals to get through this. I am planning on getting a tattoo on my 16th birthday in order to symbolize my struggle with self-harm. I haven't yet decided what the tattoo will look like and I would appreciate the input greatly.

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I don't like tatoo's and can't condone getting one.. but I think anyone thinking of self harm would think twice if they went to slice their wrists and saw a rattlensake with the caption, "Don't tread on me."

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i have "our greatest failure lies in giving up" with birds flying away from it, on my thigh over my scars. for me it is a reminder to not give up and the birds represent freedom from the burdens of self harm and depression

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I got a tattoo after I was clean from self harm for a year. I was looking on google images and I typed in broken barcode just to look, and I found one I loved. it was a barcode that had a hole in the middle of it and underneath it said freedom. and I now have that very picture tattooed on my upper leg. I broke out of the urge to cut. I also have a tattoo of the orange awareness ribbon (for self injury/suicide) an it says I will be strong in portuguese.. whatever you wanna get has to be true to you, it can't be something someone else wants. people question my tattoo a lot, but I've also had random strangers at water parks come up and tell me my tattoos are inspiring and they thank me for it.. I hope I helped.. (: